Specific Actions Coming Up

This is a website that facilitates calling your senators. At the meeting on Sunday a few people expressed not knowing who to call or which issue to focus on. If you put in your zip code, it gives you options of issues, and then numbers and scripts for calling. It’s called 5 calls:

Avaaz is a worldwide activist network, mostly online. It has high standards and is member-driven. And very effective, I’ve found – Jishowww.Avaaz.org

Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. We celebrate and support people looking to create a better future for themselves, their families and their communities.https://www.kiva.org/

The leaders of The women’s march are organizing a set of 10 actions. One action every 10 days for 100 days:http://www.womensmarch.com
The first action is to write your senator. If you put in your ZIP Code they give you the name and address of your senator. They give suggestions of what and how to write it or you can download a postcard. A new action will come out every 10 days. By putting your name on the list you can have the action emailed to you.

Gun Control Legislation

Climate Change Resources (from Barry)

The first is the Center for Climate Protection (CCP) where I work. We brought Sonoma Clean Power to our county, which provides power that is 48% less greenhouse gas intensive then PG&E and a lower cost to consumes – they have saved Sonoma County residents $62 million in a little more than two years. If people are interested in our other programs in transportation, schools etc. here is our website:http://climateprotection.org/

CCP is now working to spread this approach throughout California and there are now 300 communities in California interested and investigating this approach. We are excited that we are demonstrating that clean energy provides economic development benefits to communities, so should be able to garner bipartisan support. We hope that what we are doing in California can become a model for the rest of the country. Here is our website that supports Community Choice Energy:http://cleanpowerexchange.org/